stane

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See also: stanę

English

Etymology

From Northern Middle English stan, stane, from Old English stān (stone). More at stone.

Pronunciation

Noun

stane (countable and uncountable, plural stanes)

  1. A dialectal or obsolete form of stone.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstanɛ]
  • Hyphenation: sta‧ne

Verb

stane

  1. (reflexive with se) third-person singular future of stát pf

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English stān, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stane (plural stanes)

  1. Alternative form of stone

Etymology 2

From stane, alternative form of stone.

Verb

stane

  1. Alternative form of stonen

Old English

Noun

stāne

  1. dative singular of stān

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English stan, stane, the Northern ME form of stone, from Old English stān (stone), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stane (plural stanes)

  1. stone
  2. (slang, usually in the plural) testicles

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